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Hanking as Sponsler Juukln & Co., who will con tinue to do business In the same mode and man ner as has been done hitherto, with the full assur ance that our course has met the approbation and thus gained the conUdem of the people. , W. A. HI'clNHLEB. , t). F. J UN KIN. April 20. 1871. , 1 Nf For the Bloomfleld Times. An account of the' Centenary Sermon, Deliv ered on Tueiday, at Bhermantdale Camp Meeting. , Mr. Editor : It might be interesting to some of your subscriber to rend a reviow of the " Centenary Sermon," preached by W. B. Raber, at the Shermansdale Camp, on Tuesday, Ang. 18th, 1874, as It was wonderful, not becauso of any pheuomina connected with it, but on account of the extraordinary claims to eminence and su periority, set forth by the speaker in be half of the U. 13. in C. Church. It was announced after the forenoon service that a " Centenary Sermon," would bo delivered in the afternoon. After the people had partaken of the good things prepared by the kind hearts ami willing hands of the gontler sex, W. B. Raber, at 2J P. M. came out on tho "stand," and commenced the most rcmarkablo fulsome laudation of William Ottcrbcin in particular and United Brethrenisui in general I had ever heard. The introductory part consisted of an account of the sects found in the Jewish Church before and at the time of our Saviour's birth, and deriving therefrom an argument in favor of the sects found in the Christian Church at the present day. Ho did not directly say that, but it was the only conclusion I could arrive at ; for im mediately after he said, "Are sects wrong ?" he answered by saying that ho would neither say that they were, nor wero not ; thus showing wonderful conserva tism, which would no doubt give him a commanding position as a politician, should he turn his attention in that direc tion I Christ in bis last prayer says, "That they (the Church) may be one as we are one ; " and the apostle writes, "I hoar that there are divisions among you, one is for Paul, one for Apollas, one for Cephas, another for Christ; are ye not carnal?" Paul called them carnal becaute of their divisions, but W. B. Raber in the year of grace, 1874, finds himself too delicate to speak against the lamentable divisions of the present day. If wo should all see eyo to eye, by taking God's word alone as a rule of faith and practice, then would the Churcli " como forth fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and torrible as ' an army with banners." But, said the speaker, "Divisions tend to keep the Church pure they watch each other." Theudid Jesus Christ pray the Father to send a spirit unto tho Church, which if embraced would endanger its purity. And notwithstand ing ho spake as never man spake ; accord ing to the philosophical view of W. B. Raber, his prayer for tho unity of tho Church is erroneous and tending to cor r unt the same 1 After thus introducing his discourse, he proceeded to discuss it iu the following way: 1st. The rise of United Brethrenism. 2nd. Wheioin the U. B. Church differs from other Churches. ' 8rd. Wherein it agrees with other Churches. 1 4th. I shall denominate Gloryings. Under tho 1st division he startled his audionce by saying, that . bad it not been for that branch of the Church, known as the U. B. in C, -we would all be heathen 1 Now as I never read in the Bible of a branch or branches of the Church, I simply called it a misnomer, and passed on. But as to U. B. in C, preventing us from becoming heathen, I would say -as W. B. Raber said, with regard to individuals, who trumpeted themselves as reformers, " They are nt the men," so with regard to the Church, which would publish its own alms, deeds, etc. It is noLthe church. But I must pass over much that was said on the 1st proposition, which should have remained unsaid, also the 2nd and 8rd for want of space, and pass on to the 4tb, namely, "Gloryings." Under this head the speaker said that the Church nursed Methodism, saved the lifo of Bishop Ash bury, kept us all from becoming hea then, (think of it !) produced ministers who could to-day get trom $1000, to $3000 a year in other Churches, and I might add, stopped the mouths of lions, waxed valiant in fight, ( blow 1 put to flight the armies of the aliens, and if U. B. in C. didn't do all these things, it could not help it. It had ambition enough to do these things and more ! . , , Said tho speaker, "You say that we pick up anything and make preachers out of it, not so said be, "our preachers are men of brain. Yes, there - are preachers bore to-day, who were offered from one to two thousand dollars a year to preach for other churches." I confess I did uot see cranial development sufficient to claim so great a salary, although the Revs, looked very complacent about the brain remark. The speaker said the U. B. in C. Church la not the insigniticant Church you suppose it counts 140,000 in its membership. I do not know whether the speaker thought that its numerical strength, should entitle it to consideration or not. However, he did not say whether this estimate included probationary members or not. If it did, then the society consists of 140,000 both in and out of Christ, but if this estimate is actually real, and not nominal, what is it worth ? Is numericals strength a mark or indication of superior , Holiness f Then does Heathenism claim our special re gard. Catholicism must be tit "mm," and we all should claim membership iu the ' first-of-all-and-only-true-church-on-earth 1' Satan, according to this view of the case, should have an especial claim to our con sideration, for having a Churcli with the largest membership, for " Wide is the gate and broad is the way that Icadeth to de struction, and niony there be which claim admission by certificate and otherwise 1 . As an exouse for all these fultomt glory ings, the speaker said, "A man ought to be allowed to brag once In a hundred years." I recollected that tho Apostle onoe said, I am become a fool in glorying and gave advice to others from his exper ience, that if they should feel like glorying, they should glory in the Lord. ' Near the close of his talk, oration, or what you choose to call it, he told ns, in classical language, that If we should dis pute any of his points, we ought to be "licked." ' Mr. Editor, it was the' most remarkable sermon (if such it can be called) that I ever beard. I think that it will do for Two Hundred Yeart, Yours Truly, , , . ! Ohb Who Hjsahb It. A Lesson Worth Reading. Hi ECENTLY a gentleman of Boston entored the baggage car of an out ward train, and desiring to read some man uscript, he chose this car because it was airy and retired. A youngster about 15 years of age was occupying, with great abandon, a chair. The gentleman, wish ing to sit near the open door of the car, to obtain both light and air, thus accosted the youngster : " Bub, will you exchange that chair for my seat a fow minutes?" " No, sir 1 this chair is engaged." The gentleman Whs very polite, as he recognized the young man's right to tho chair by actual possession, It appears that he was temporarily in charge of some express matter, his father being the ex pressman on tho route, but the moral of tho incident we shall give in relating another incident, which ocouned very many years ago. There was a very plainly dressed elderly lady who was a frequent customer at the then leading dry goods store in Boston. No one in the store knew her even by namo. All tho clerks but ono avoided her and gave their attention to those who wero better dressed and more pretentious. The excep tion was this young man who had a consci entious regard for duty and system. He never left another customor to wait on the )ady, but when at liberty he waited upon her with as much attention as though she had been a princess. This continued for a year or so until the young man became of ago. One morning the lady approached the young man, when the following con versation took place : Lady " Young man, do you not wish to go into business for yourself?" "Yes, ma'am," he responded; "but I have neither money, credit, nor friends, nor will any ono trust me." " Well," continued the lady, " you go and select a good situation, ask what the rent is, and report to me," banding the young man her address. The young man went, found a capital location, a good store, but tho landlord required security, which he could not give. Mindful of the lady's request he forthwith went to her and reported his doings. ' Well, you go and toll Mr. that I will be responsible," she replied. He went, and the landlord or agent was surprised, but the bargain was closed. The next day the lady called to ascertain the result. The young man told her, but add ed, "What am I to do for goods? No one will trust me." " You may go and see Mr. , and Mr. , and Mr. , and tell them to call on me." He did, and his store was soon stocked with the best goods in the market. There are many in the city who remember the circumstance and the man. He died many years since and loft a fortune of three hun dred thousand dollars. So much for po liteness, so much for civility, and so much for treating one's elders with the deference due to ago in whatever garb they are clothed. Now this gentleman iu the bag gage car might have been a director of the road or a very Influential man otherwise, and as he is a very observing man and a good judge of character, a different an swer from, the youngster might have inter ested him iu his behalf and lead to some future advantage. A Big" Mistake. RECENTLY an old gcntlomau from Washington county came to Balti more for the purpose, of collecting the in terest on two bonds of the Washington Branch Railroad. He wont to the chief olerk at Camden, station, and the clerk filled up a check for six dollars, the amount of interest due on the , bonds for six months. The check was given to the gen tleman ftom Washington county, who car ried it to the treasurer of the company for the purpose of having it signed. , It hap pened that when the check was presented for signature tho treasurer was busily en gaged in signing a number of others. He took the six dollar check and laid it upon his desk, but before signing it, be crossed the room to get a drink of water. He then returned to his desk, and, signing a check, handed it to the old gentleman, who took the chock without examining it and went down stairs, where he handed It to Mr. Cornell, the ticket agent, asking blra to cash it. Mr. Cornell took the check, ex amined it, and smilingly asked , the old gentleman when he supposed there would be enough money in the office to cash a check like that. The old gentleman, sup posing from Mr. . Cornell's remark he was making sport of him, snatched up the check in a rage and loft the depot. An hour or so later several clerks might have been see Hying around, hunting an old mus from Washington county, who had received a check signed lu the railroad office. The old gentleman, however, , was not found until the other morning, when be visited Camden station for the purpose of going homo. As bo was going through the de pot he was stopped by an excited .railroad official, who inquired if he had a check on. the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The old gentleman said he had, and on opening bis pocket book he was astonished to And that the chock that be supposed was for (0 was really one for f 50,000. Explanations fol lowed, and It appears that the treasurer had signed and given him the wrong check. The old gcntlomau then visited Mr. Cornell and apologized for his rude ness on the previous day. Courtesy Compensated. A YOUNG editor of a theatrical jour, nal called lately on an actress living on a third story in tho Rue Richelieu. Leaving her rooms he descendod the stair way. At the first floor landing a door sud denly opened, and a black-coated gentle man stepping suddenly out, ran against the young man ; bogging pardon, he abruptly asked, "Monsieur, have you half an hour to lose?" " For what, sir?" " To render me a service which will bring you in a trillo of say one bundrod francs." " Do you call that losing half an hour 1 What is it you wish?" "To serve as a witness to a will. One witness has failed to come ; tho sick man is dying. Will you serve ?" The journalist consented, and following the notary, found himself in a sumptuous chamber near the bed of the moribund, and seated himself with tho other witnesses. The old man had no relative, and made short work with his will. It was ready for him to sign. They opened the curtains to give him light. A ray fell across the journalist's face. The sick man saw him, and mo tioned him to approach. "Sir," he said, in a feeble voice, "do you know me ?" "I have not that honor, sir." " Do you not recall seeing mo at the Theater Francais?" "No, sir." " I can refresh your memory. Did you not attend the first representation of ' Fire in a Convent?" " I was there, certainly," , "And I, too. You had a good orchestra stall ; I a miserable stool, right in the door way. The draft made me ill. You gave me your comfortable sent and took my poor one." " I did but my duty, sir, toward an old man and an invalid." " Ah 1 They are rare those people who do their duty. Allow me to give an evi dence of my acknowledgement." And turning toward the ear of the nota ry, the old man added a codicil to his will. The witnoss signed, the notary counter signed, and the former, each noted for a hundred francs of legacy, retired. The next day the journalist revisited the actress. Coming away, ho rang at the old man's door, and asked after him. He had died during tho night. In duo time the young man attendod his funeral. After it the no tary said to him r " To-morrow we open the will. Be th'ere. You are inetrested." Our editor did not neglect the invitation. He attended the reading of the will. ' The old man bad bequeathed him a hun dred thousand francs. An orchestra seat well paid for. A JUssantlc-J Story. XCELLENT material for a sensation A story is furnished by the following well-established facts : Victorine Lafour codo, young, beautiful, and accomplished, had a great numbor of admirers. Among them was a journalist named Jules Bos souet, whose obanoes of being the success ful suitor seemed to be the best, when sud denly Victorino, contrary to all expectation, accepted the hand of a rich banker named Renelle. Bossouet was inconsolable, and his honest heart ached all the more when he learned that the marriage of his lady love was unhappy. Renelle neglected his wife in every possible way, and finally be gan to maltreat ber. , This state of things lasted two years, when Victorine died at least so ' it was thought She was entombed in a vault of the cemetery of ber native town. Jules Bo8souot assisted at the cemetery. Still true to his love, and well nigh besido him self with grief, he conceived the romantic idea of breaking open the vault and secur ing a lock of the deoeased's hair. That night, therefore, when all was still, he scaled tho wall of the cemetery and, by a circuitous route, approached tho vault. When he bad broken open the door and entered the vault ' he lighted a candle, and proceeded to open the coffin. At the mo ment when he bent over the supposed corpse, scissors In hand, . Victorine opened ber eyes and stared him full in the face. He uttered a cry and sprang back ; but, immediately recovering his self-possession, he returned to tho coffin,' covered its oc cupant's lip's with kisses, lifted her out and soon had the satisfaction of seeing her in the full possession of all her facul ties. When Victorine was sufficiently recovered they left the church-yard and went to , Bossouet's residence, where a physician administered such remedies as were necccssary to affect the complete re covery of the uufortunate woman. This proof of Bossouet's love naturally made a deep impression on Victorino. She repent ed her past fickleness, and resolved to fly with the romantio Jules to America. There they lived happily together, with out, however, ever being able to fully overcome their longing to return to their native land. Finally, their desire became -so strong to revisit the sconos of their, youth that thoy decided to brave the dan ger attendant on a return, and embarked at New York for Havre, where thoy ar rived in July, 1870. Victorine, in the interim, had naturally changed very great ly, and Jules felt confident that lier form er husband would not recognize her. In this hope he- was disappointed. Ronelle had the koen eye of a financier, and recog nized Victorino nt the first glance. This strange drnma ended with a suit brought by the banker for the recovery of his wife, which was decided against him on tho -ground that his cluim was outlawed. A NokeTitrlde. At the centennial celebration at New Flane, Vt., the address was delivered by Jutlgo C. K. Field, aud among the stories told by him is the following, as given in tho Memphis Argut : By a strange perversion of legal prin ciples it was supposed by our ancestors that whoever married a widow who was administratrix upon the estate of her de ceased husband, represented insolvent and should thereby possess himself of any prop- erty or thing purchased by the deceased husbaud, would thorcby become an execu tory ion tort, and would thereby raako himself liable to answer for the goods of his predecessor. Major Moses Joy became enamored of Mrs. Hannah Ward, widow of William Ward, who died 1788, leaving an insolvent estato, of which Mrs. Ward was administratrix. To avoid the unpleas ant penalties of tho law, on the morning of her marriage with Major Jtay, Mrs. Ward placed herself in a closet with a tire woman who stripped her of all her. clothing and when in a perfectly nude state she thrust her fair, round arm through a diamond bole in tho door of her closet, and the gal lant major grasped the hand of tho buxom widow and was married in due form by the jolliest parson in Vermont. After the cer emony the tire-woman dressed the bride in a complete wardrobe which the major had provided and caused it to be deposited in tho closet at the commencement of the ceremony. She came out elegantly dressed in silk, satin and lace, and there was kiss ing all around. ' Anecdote of a Cardinal. To rolate an anecdote without being able to give the namo of tho subject of it more especially when that namo is to bo found among the most illustrious on record seems to savor of absurdity in no ordinary degree. The personage, however, to whom we refer, was a French Cardinal, and one, we believe, equally reverenced both as a good man and a priest. On a certain oc casion (it was during a spell of uncommon ly warm weather), " His Eminence," quite early iu the morning, and in the lightest costume imaginablo, sought a room adja cent to his bed-room, from tho open win dow of which he fondly imagined he could entice the breeze. For such purposo he was leaning out of the window, in a position the most comfortable and easy, when a male domestic of the establishment chanced to enter the apartment, and, mis taking the Cardinal for .a follow-servant, gleefully wot both his hands, and, stealth ily approaching "His Etpinence," gave the latter so tremendous a slap, on a part that shall be nameless, that this illustrious and most amiable son of the Church at once jumped to bis feet, assiduously rubbing the part, when he encountered before him, on his knees, the domestio aforesaid, tremb lingly exclaiming, "Please, your Emi nence, I thought it was George." The Cardinal, still engaged in the soothing operation, remarked, " Well, if it bad been ' George, you need not have struck so hard. Tat In The Stocks. In past times(and not very long past) when the "stocks," as a mode of punish ment, was wont to be administered in "Merry England" a punishment, by the way, tho ignominy of which was in a great measure nullified by its ludicrous cbarac tcr a broach of the Sabbath,' during the hours of divine service,' was deemed cause, and cause sufficient, for the summary indie- ' tion of said punishment. An Irishman, ono tine Sunday forenoon, while sauntering among the green fields and babbling brooks in the vicinity of a country church, was seized upon by the "lookouts" before he was av are, and instantly hauled to the in. ' strument of correction, which stood by the road-side, not far distant. His nether limbs were accommodated to the machine, and he was, like Sir John Moore, "left alone in his glory." It so happened that a friend and countryman of poor Pat soon "came that way," and attempted, like the good Samari tan of old, to administer comfort and con solation. He inquired what it was that Pat had been doing to get himself into suou a scrape. The latter instantly replied, "An', by the powers I've done nothing at all at all, and they built my logs Into this woodon wall." "But they cannot put you in for doing nothing at all," indignantly replied his friend. ' " Be the powers but I am in," rejoined poor Pat, leaving a faint eontietion upon the mind of bis sympathizer and ooun tryman that Pat was oorreot in LU eonolu. slon, ' . . . 0
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